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MotionVFX mFlare creates a dazzling array of lens flare effects, which can be used as is, or modified extensively.

This is a short, step-by-step cookbook to creating a multicam clip in Final Cut Pro 7.

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This article show why images displayed in Final Cut Pro 7’s Viewer look better than those in the Canvas.

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General Errors in Final Cut Pro 7 (and earlier) are often caused by either bad clips or bad render files. This article explains how to fix them.

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Valentine’s Day is coming up, so I thought I would use it as the example for one of my favorite effects – putting video inside a shape. This effect is also called a “traveling matte.”

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By default, the audio output of Final Cut Pro is stereo. You can get it to output split tracks, but you’ll need to do the mix in Soundtrack Pro or ProTools. This tutorial explains how.

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In the Log & Transfer window of FCP 7, how do I empty the Log & Transfer window?

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David Scott was having a problem creating a DVD using a Compressor Template. Until he solved it. Here’s what he did.

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Apple rewrote both the Constant and Variable Speed change interface for FCP 7. In this technique learn how to create speed changes using FCP 7.

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One of our subscribers discovered one of the big differences between capturing in tape-mode, where you can combine multiple shots into one long clip, and tapeless, where each shot is stand-alone. In this article we examine how to avoid that problem.

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In Final Cut Pro 7 is the File > Share option which allows us to export a sequence from Final Cut and compress it for YouTube. This article, and comments, show you how this works.